Pope Francis blessed and signed the WBC heavyweight championship belt ahead of the title fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
Really? I had assumed he was Orthodox...
I believe you are correct.
Oleksandr Usyk carries or wears the Orthodox Cross into each fight. Pope Francis blessed and signed the WBC heavyweight championship belt attempting to encourage positive values in lives of people. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman learned that Pope Francis had a program called “Football with Values.” He asked the Pope to also have a program for”Boxing with Values. Then, Sulaiman was asked to sign the other side of the WBC heavyweight championship belt.